Money-receptacle.



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. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1908- Pauaentedv Mar. 16, 1909.

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CHARLES E. JOHNSON, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE CORBINCABINET LOCK COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 'OFCONNECTICUT.

MONEY-RE CEPTACLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909 Application filed September 29, 1908. Serial No.455,263.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and 'Im roved Money-Receptacle, ofwhich the folfbwing is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of articles above mentioned andespecially to the class more commonly employed for the temporary depositof coins of different value or money in other form, and the object ofthe invention is to provide a device ofthis class having novel featuresof advantage and utility.

A device embodying in its structure features by means ofwhich the aboveobjects may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a money receptacle embodying myinvention, the wall being broken away to show the guard. Fig. 2 is aview in central lon itudinal section through the receptacle and guardshowing he construction of the latter, the parts being in the naturalposition assumed when the receptacle is placed right side up resting onits bottom. Fig. 3 is a detail view in section through a portion of thereceptacle showing the parts in position at the time of passage of acoin from the floor of the guard. Fig. 4 is a detail view in sectionthrough a portion of the receptacle shown as inverted and with the partsin the position naturally assumed with the receptacle in this position.Fig. 5 is a detail view similar to that of Fig. 4 and showing therelative position of the parts with one section of the guard floor heldin abnormal position. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing a modified form'of the invention.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application embodiesmechanism by means of which the extraction of the contents of thereceptacle by irregular methods is prevented, and while I show anddescribe herein a construction of mechanism in the use of whichsatisfactory results are obtained, it will be understood that theinvention as covered by this application is not limited to suchconstruction which may be departed from to a greater or less extentwithout avoiding the invention.-

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 8 denotes a box or receptaclethat may be of any desired form and composed of any suitable material, 9a handleby means of 1 which the receptacle may be carried, and lO a doorthrough which the contents may be removed, this door being provided witha lock 11 of any desired form and construction, preferably including abarrel 12 for the re ception of a key by means of which the lockingmechanism may be operated.

Aslot 13 for thereception' of coins is formed through the wall of thebox, in the construction herein shown this being located near theupper'part at one end, and a-hole 14 for the reception of bills or moneyor like material opens through the wall of the box preferably at a pointapproximately opposite the coin slot. The edges of the hole areroughened within the box, as at 23, to prevent extraction of bills atthis point, which are before insertion rolled to a size to permit entrythrough this opening.

A hood 15 is secured within the box or receptacle adjacent to the coinslot, this hood being open on the side toward said slot. An apron'or lip26 is located on the slot, this apron serving a purpose to behereinafter described.

' A coin guard in the form of a tilting floor is pivotally mounted inthe sides of the hood and forms the bottom thereof, which otherwisewould be open, as clearly shown in the drawings. This floor is bypreference formed in sections each of which swings upon a pivot 16,thefront section 17, or that located nearience a coin receiving section,and the rear section 18 orthat located farthest from the coin slot beingtermed for convenience a coin discharge section. The receiving sectionhas a lip or gate 19 extending downward and adapted when this receivingsection is raised to lie in front of and close the coin slot 13. Theterms raised and lowered, and other terms oflike import, employed hereinhave reference to the box when resting naturally on its bottom 20. Thedischarge section 18has a projection 21 ex: tending beyond the pivot 16toward the coin slot and underlying the receiving section, andside walls22 may be providedif desired to prevent contact of a coin'withthe hood,which contact might in a measure prevent free movement of the floorsections. I

In operation of the device a coin isinreceiving section 17 andis causedto move hood on the side'thereof opposite the coin est the coinslot',being termed for conven therefrom onto the discharge section 18.The tilting floor as a whole is so nicely balanced that it will betilted by the weight of the smallest coin when moved onto the dischargesection, the projection 21 on the latter, when it moves downward,causing the receiving section to be raised, said parts assuming theposition shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. As soon asthe coin drops fromthe discharge section, the tilting floor assumes its natural position asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. It will be observed that thisconstruction will prevent the insertion of an instrument through thecoin slot for the purpose of tipping the discharge section so that coinsmight be worked through the opening between the lower edge of the hoodand the discharge section, onto the latter when the box is turned upside down, this for the reason that in thus moving the discharge sectiondownward the projection 21 will raise the receiving section until suchmovement is obstructed by the instrument inserted in the coin slot forthe purpose, and the tipping of the discharge section to an extent toprovide an opening between the edge of the hood and thegfdischargesection will thus be prevented. In order to work the coins through theopening between the lower edge of the hood and the discharge section itwill be noticed that the box must be placed up side down as hereinbeforedescribed. Extraction of a coin might be accomplished by tilting thefloor, as by means of a coin or otherwise, and when so tilted, by meansof an instrument inserted through the hole 14, holding the floor in suchtilted position, during which the box being placed up side down as abovementioned, coins might be worked through the opening as hereinbeforedescribed onto the floor of the discharge section and then through thecoin slot, but for the employment of the mechanism now to be described.A bar 24 is pivotally mounted to rest upon the tilting floor, preferablyon the discharge section 18. In the desired form of construction, and asshown herein, this bar has ears 25 to receive the pivot 16. It will nowbe observed that in the attempt last above described to extract a cointhrough the coin slot when the box is turned up side down, the bar 24will swing to the position shown in Fig. 4, so that movement of a coinfrom the discharge section onto the receiving section is barred and thecoin will eventually again drop into the box. The apron or lip 26hereinbefore described may be used in connection with the bar as anadditional precaution against extraction of coins through the coin slot,or the bar may be used alone, or the apron employed alone, in the latterinstance the apron being of a length to prevent access to the dischargesection by means of an instrument inserted through the hole 14.

While the floor is preferably formed in sections as described herein, Icontemplate a construction in which this floor ma be of a single piece,in which event the bar 24 will effectually prevent the extraction ofcoins through the coin slot. Such construction is shown in Fig. 6, thenumeral 27 denoting the fidor formed in one piece, as shown. The apron26 will prevent the retention of the floor in an abnormal position, asby the use of an instrument employed for such purpose, but even withthis preventive it is possible by expert manipulation to cause the coinsto pass between the discharge end of the floor and the hood and thuseventually be worked out through the entrance slot, but for theinterposition of the bar 24 which efl'ectually prevents such operation.

A tail 28 projects from the bar 24 which also aids in preventing illegalmanipulation of the bar when the box is full of coins, the coins, whenthe box is placed in the most advantageous position to cause them topass toward the slot 13, operating upon this tail to place the barinposition to prevent passage of coins outward through the inlet slot.

I claim 1. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a coin guardincluding a tilting floor forming one wall of a passage extending fromsaid opening, and means movable independently of the tilting floor toprevent ex traction of a coin through said passage.

2. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a coin guardincluding a tilting floor forming one wall of a passage extending fromsaid opening, and a bar arranged to close the passage and prevent theextraction of a coin therethrough.

3. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a guard including agravity operated tilting floor forming one wall of a passage extendingfrom said opening, and agravity operated bar arranged to close saidpassage and bar the movement ofacoin outward therealong.

4. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a coin guardincluding a floor formed of tilting sections, and a swinging bararranged to close the passage and prevent the extraction of a cointherethrough.

5. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a guard including atilting floor mounted upon apivot and operated by gravity, said floorforming a coin passage, and a bar mounted to swing upon said pivot andarranged to close said passage and prevent the extraction of a cointherethrough.

6. A money receptacle having a passage extending thereinto, a coin guardincluding sections extending practically in continua tion one of theother and arranged to be tilted by the weight of a coin, and means toprevent location of the arts to permit passage of a coin outward t roughsaid passage.

7. A money receptacle having a passage extending thereinto, a coin guardincluding tilting sections extending practically 1n continuation one ofthe other and independently operated, said sections being arranged totilt by the weight of a coin, and means to prevent location of the partsto permit passage of a coin outward through said passage.

8. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto for the reception ofcoins, a guard including a tilting member forming one Wall of a passageextending from said coin opening, an opening for the reception of moneyof a character dii'ferent from that of the coins, and a bar arranged toclose the passage through the guard and prevent extraction of thecontents of the receptacle through said passage.

9. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a coin guardincluding a tilting floor forming one Wall of a passage extending fromsaid opening, and an apron projecting to prevent unauthorized access tosaid floor.

10. A money receptacle having an opening thereinto, a coin guardincluding a tilting floor forming one Wall of a passage extending fromsaid opening, a bar arranged to close the passage and prevent theextraction of a coin therethrough, and an apron projecting to preventunauthorized access to said floor.

CHARLES E. JOHNSON.

Witnesses E. B. STOWE, CARL F. ANDERsoN.

